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(More customer reviews)For just 20 bucks this is a steal. There are over 100 different personalities to play against. You can play rated games against the computer and even play in mock tournaments with the computer. When you beat a player it recommends one more toward your strength. But It wasnt a good judge, because I was ripping through the 700 players and it kept saying I should play one just slightly stronger. When in reality I wasnt beaten by the program until I got into the 1400 players category. Then I started getting slapped up.
The strong points in this program is the tutorials. 24 annotated games by Josh Waitzkin and alot of tutorials. And some good games annotated by Larry Christianson. The tutor aspect of this game is its strong suit. The Chess Academy is worth the money for the game, for the price of one chess book you can have alot of drills and puzzles. Also has 800 games annotated by Larry Evans.
Im really impressed with this program. The 3-D boards are hard to see whats going on. I just use the 2-D board. One of the things I like about playing the 2-D board is playing on a tv you get to see the board real well. I prefer the TV to a computer monitor, because its so much bigger.
Cons to this game is if you play the Chessmaster with unlimited time he will not move when its his turn. I would have liked to have the option to make the 2-D board full screen without the clocks. I would have liked the annontated games to play through the whole game without making me push a button to keep it talking. But overall this is a great value and chess resource. Im happy with it. You can also play this on XBox Live online, but I dont have Xbox live so I cant comment on how good it is.
Also would like to say that you can practice openings with this game which I find helpful.
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Chessmaster helps beginners and grandmasters alike, by showing them the fun of Digital chess!
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